Ghoti Deck #660267 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Ghoti — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Control, Graveyard-centric
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 43 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro-based board control and banish-fueled recursion; Xyz material manipulation and beatdown via boss monsters
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Synchro boards (Ghoti of the Deep Beyond, White Aura Whale) with layered interaction and banish recursion
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps to disrupt, then leverage Kaiju/removal to break boards before pivoting into graveyard setup
• Recovery: Banished Fish monsters self-recover via Tuner effects (Paces, Shif, Zep); White Reincarnation and The Most Distant searchable for tempo
• After siding: Limited side deck data; likely adds targeted removal and adjusts hand-trap density based on metagame

Why it scores here

This Ghoti midrange deck opens moderately consistent Fish Synchro boards via White Sardine, White Reincarnation, and banish-centric Tuners (Paces, Shif, Zep), with solid end-board interaction and recovery depth through banish recursion. However, the list deviates significantly from archetype core standards—missing key engines like Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth, Foolish Burial, and Silent Angler—which limits combo ceiling and median output. Hand-trap density (8 copies) is respectable for going-second, but 43-card main with many low-ATK beaters creates brick risk. The deck's strength lies in grind-game durability and interaction quality rather than early tempo or explosive turn-1 setup.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: Core card deviation penalty (-4); Hand-trap depth bonus (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (60) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (55) (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.66 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.35 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.09 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: — going-first lines vs — going-second lines

Strengths

• Solid hand-trap suite (Ash, Impermanence, Maxx C, Nibiru, Droll) and going-second interaction (Forbidden Droplet, Crossout)
• Tuner recursion engine (Paces, Shif, Zep) provides grind-game durability and recovery from disruption
• Extra deck breadth (9 Synchro covering Levels 4–10, 4 Link) allows flexible line adaptation
• White Reincarnation double-attack enabler and The Most Distant searchability add incremental tempo
• Banish recursion synergy creates natural resource economy without reliance on graveyard fill

Weaknesses

• Missing 68% of archetype core cards (Coelacanth, Silent Angler, Foolish Burial, Ravenous Crocodragon); reduces combo ceiling and consistency
• High brick rate from 43-card main and multiple 0-ATK low-impact searchers (Beautunaful Princess, First Penguin)
• Single-choke dependency on Paces/Shif/Zep for recovery; if banish line interrupted, deck stalls
• Low offensive closing power: majority of bosses 1500–2700 ATK with no piercing except White Aura Whale
• Lack of field spell negation or unbreakable interaction layers; cannot hold established boards vs common meta techs

Critical choke points

• Banish recursion chain interrupted by graveyard lock (Effect Veiler on Paces/Shif, Dimensional Barrier on GY recovery)
• Turn-1 board vulnerable to Ash Blossom on White Reincarnation or Gold Sarcophagus activation
• No Foolish Burial equivalent forces reliance on weaker draw starters; significantly delays turn-2 setup
• Single copy of The Most Distant Deepest Depths creates consistency bottleneck for core search function

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legality: Main 43, Extra 15, Side 0 (Legal per Master Duel rules); Card text excerpts confirmed for all 48 distinct cards; Archetype core list supplied: 25 cards, 8 present in deck (32% inclusion)
• Observed: Usage statistics show Ghoti archetype meta-share and core card inclusion rates; Extra deck breakdown: 9 Synchro, 2 Xyz, 4 Link
• Inferred: Opening consistency P(≥1 starter in hand 5) ≈ 0.66 via hypergeometric estimation; Combo floor and median derived from card text patterns and Ghoti archetype mechanics, not from scored boards; Brick rate estimate (~9%) from singleton/pair density and low-ATK body count; Going-first power 62: starter reliability (D1) + end-board interaction (D7) + recursion durability (D5) + hand recovery (D6); Going-second power 64: six-card consistency, hand-trap density (8 copies), Forbidden Droplet coverage, Gameciel Kaiju access; Interruption resilience: Tuner self-recovery creates independent line, but single-choke dependency on GY setup limits D5 score
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share available but not a substitute for metagame fit data); Tournament Reliability 55: estimated from opening stability (D1 62), post-disruption durability (D5 61), and error tolerance (D14 56); no empirical win-rate data
• Data gaps: No combo boards provided: best line, median power index, and board per starter cannot be verified; all combo estimates are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share context exists, but no per-pilot match record or metagame positioning data No side deck (0 cards): post-side adaptation and best-of-3 performance unknown; D12 capped at 50 No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second performance, matchup results, brick/OTK rates, and game-level reliability are Unknown Meta Power Provisional: needs dated metagame sample to calibrate vs format speed, common interaction, and turn-order fit